Vladimir Solovyev is taken into account the Kremlin’s most prolific and enthusiastic propagandist.
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Vandals on Wednesday scrawled anti-war slogans on a villa in Italy believed to belong to a Russian TV anchor near President Vladimir Putin, and dyed the pool crimson.
The phrases “killer” and “no conflict” had been sprayed onto the partitions of the villa in Pianello del Lario, reportedly owned by Vladimir Solovyev, whereas the swimming pool overlooking Lake Como was colored crimson, based on photographs taken by the ANSA information company.
Italian authorities stated earlier Wednesday they had been investigating a small fireplace at one other of Solovyev’s trip houses within the close by city of Menaggio.
Solovyev, a distinguished radio and tv presenter, is taken into account the Kremlin’s most prolific and enthusiastic propagandist.
He has three villas within the space, all of which have been seized by Italian monetary police as a part of sweeping Western sanctions towards these near Putin.
The villas, collectively price some eight million euros based on the Italian authorities, are believed to be presently empty.
“Only one workforce of firemen put out the fireplace inside a really quick time,” Como fireplace chief, Gennaro di Maio, advised AFP.
“There may be hardly any injury, it was burnt tyres that gave off seen black smoke,” he stated.
Menaggio’s mayor, Michele Spaggiari, advised Italy’s AGI information company that the fireplace seemed to be “a demonstrative act” inflicting little or no injury.
Spaggiari stated Solovyev purchased the property on the western aspect of the favored vacation vacation spot in northern Italy about 5 years in the past.
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